Sage Francis

[Divine Write]

I am hesitant to admit that I recently purchased my first ever Sage Francis CD, "Human the Death Dance"

I've heard his songs through other means. I first heard him through "Escape Artist" and immediatly fell in love with his style and poetic lyrics. After that I heard "Woke Up This Morning" and finally decided that I needed to further my listening and went out and purchased before mentions album.

I have no clue what I was waiting for. After having heard such in credible songs as "Civil Obediance", "Waterline", "Blackout on White Night", and "Going Back To Rehab" he quickly became my new obsession. He has now taken the tp spot as my favorite artist of all time.

Besides riding his dick in this post I thought I start something up for other Sage dick-riders to glorify him and for those who do not know who he is to find a new saviour in a fat, bearded, bald 30 year old white man.

My favorite song is "Waterline". The malodic piano lends beautifully to the poetic lyrics he presents. Here are the lyrics. YOU MUST HEAR THE SONG TO FEEL THE FULL AFFECT.




I just sit there, and let the thoughts flood
And I remind myself: “it's all right, it's all good, it's all love It's not though. Cuz there's a kink in the armor
A pot hole I'm sinkin' in, while I think of the drama
So I stand up, I start to pace in my living room
Set my eye to the highway, knowin' that I'll play chicken soon
There's a vanity plate, with my name on it
There's a Davy Crocket hat with a Masonic fat cat under it
A musket rifle spittin' at my feet
They want me to dance in the middle of the street
And I respect my elders, so I do as I'm told
But I offset the bell curve when I do it with soul. Losin' control.
Guilty feet do have rhythm
They just dance to the wrong theme music to amuse the villain.
Instead of killin', I spare the raccoon
And start fillin' sand bags as I stare at the moon and let the thoughts flood.
Blessed are those who are damned
When the levee broke, how many choked on the steps of a slow dance?
A staircase to a hug with no hands
Accountability hung out to dry on the line of command
We let the thoughts flood
We remind ourselves it's all right, it's all good, it's all love It's not though. Cuz there's a kink in the armor
A pot hole I'm sinkin' in, sharing a drink with my father
It's a family affair, the vanity we share
The water line is rising and all we do is stand there.

[Iller Than Thou]

ive been a Sage Francis fan for fucken YEARS now.. back when he was Rippin Scribbe Jam...


his Poetic abilities are fucken superior... you listen to any of his songs.. and you instantly fall into a trance.. your grasping on to every word with an open mouth... he's definetly one of the top lyricists of all time.. and he gets OVER LOOKED all the fucken time..


oh and some funny facts bout him...

hes a straight edge.. hes against drugs and alcahol... and like devine said... hes a white fat bald 30 year old rapper that has supreme intellect and can REAAAALY express his feelings and issues through poetry and rap...

Human Death Dance is fucken insane.. but my favourite song of his is "Broken Wings" you should check into that song..


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[dannyruxspin]

Sage francis is phenominal. Before he was "rippin scribble jam" he was in a band "A.O.I.", which stands for (A)rt (O)fficial (I)ntellignece. An update on sage is that he is the head of his own label, Strange Famous Records, http://www.strangefamous.com Also, for his album release "Human the Death Dance", instead of doing an album tour, he is doing a spoken word tour. Sage is an outcast. Sage has always been an emcee to attempt to break every "law of relitivity" He won Scribble Jam 2000 starting off in Biker Garb, ending up in carpenter shorts and a Metallica shirt. No other emcee can express his views quite like sage, so he is a legend.

http://www.strangefamous.com/

[Iller Than Thou]

Oh shit i forgot about aoi haha word... he's dope

[dannyruxspin]

yeah AOI was dope. First hip hop group to include an upright bass and a trumpet. His song "Rewrite" was actually done with AOI

[dannyruxspin]

I stumbled upon this thread again and figured I add that he is a vegetarian, a spokesperson for P.E.T.A., and heads the http://www.knowmore.org project. Cool website, it definetly deserves a peep. Oh, and Broken Wings is a really really good song. It definetly deserves more than one listen.

I'll type the first verse so you can see why:

Shes a fairy with broken wings
I used to watch her perform
And if she hears me I hope she sings songs
That had me going right back
Couldnt find anyone in town to talk
Bout how no one like that
Should be confined to the ground we walk

She glides as much it seems like she floats
And these folks decide to crush her wings until there permanently broke
She rides gusts of wind just by the way she spoke
She crys but loves to sing songs of freedom and hope
On the eastside hustling discussing things that we quote
In shallow conversation as if we have deep throats
We chokin on confusion
Now show up as a heat stroke of we need coats
Trading in our cheap jokes for her c notes
I see notes being passed
I ask to see what these creeps wrote
Defining silly kids and flying privelages revoke
Ski slopes have been blocked off they cant transit
Had her wings tied to her ankles she most definitely cant skip
Town, shes held down by the transripts my hands grip
Tried to tie her wings back on before the ones again clip
Panic stricken, she'll remain stuck
On a titantic sinken, shes tryin to stay up
Change her plan thinken its ok
See this is strange but
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in a way that kept them chained up
I'd like to see
Her take flight into the stars
Instead of letting her fly free they keep her in jars
Instead of letting em fly free they keep em in jars
I put my hand to the glass so hard
It might break the prison bars
It isnt hard to see why they keep her captive
Shes naturally attractive
Speaks with adlibs, shes uncommonly talented
Aint enough adjectives to do her disposition justice
Kids are wishin for just a kiss in a submission to touch her lips
Cant trust her with
Freedom of movement thats a chance to loose her quick
If she ups and splits
We might as well call that discussion quits
If we's to keep her down the government's underlinks
Enslave people in this town especially if there cultures rich
Exploiting talents making it do a bunch of tricks
With the rest of the wingless imports
Repeatedly told you aint a fairy just a bitch

[Xplicit716]

YEs i cant say much of him but i have herd of and deff dig him i believe i will go by this cd now because honstly i forgot all about him after my friend played some of his shit for me

[Divine Write]

I just wanted to bring this back up..More people need to know about him..

I just found "Sea Lion" and "The Cure"..Both are fucking amazing..

[dannyruxspin]

the cure, I believe, was Sage's lyrical interpertation of the girls artwork (name escpaes me). "When a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive". Sea Lion is a great song!

Also, check out Escape Artist, Inherited Scars, Bridle, and Smoke and Mirrors. Great songs.

[SiiNiDE]

A Healthy Distrust (the album with Escape Artist on it) is soooo fucking sick. I got that and Human The Death Dance. He blows my mind with his lyrics, i dont know how some one can be so poetic and bring so much meaning to their flows.. Funny I came across this now, on another site I have "A healthy distrust" listed as my favorite album and some dude was tryna bash me for having sage francis as one of my favorite MC's, lol. I really dont understand what's so hard about learning real music; music with meaning.

oh and to get the full albums, download bit torrent. It's kind of like limewire/kazzaa but its 100% safe (downloads from like 100+ different people called "seeds") so there's no chance of viruses, ect.. and you can get movies and shit, theres tons of sites that have 'torrents'.. its great.


Also check out: Slow down Ghandi and Sun Vs Moon

Slow Down Ghandi

There once was a song called "Arrest The President."
Contemporary music, a hit with the kids, it was a top ten.
I wasn't pop then, so I missed the bus a bit,
But politics was on everybody's hot this summer list.
The cool kids were all rocking votes,
I shit you not, I was pistol whippin' cops for hip hop. [Booyea!]

On my soap box yelling into megaphones.
Killing hard rocks using carcasses as stepping stones.
Had to promise that I'd stop holding my marches
The day that Chris Columbus got crucified on golden arches.
My pedestal was too tall to climb off,
In fact that's the reason for the high horse.
And from up here I see Marines and Hummers on a conquest;
Underdogs with wonderbras in a push-up contest,
All for the sake of military recruitment.
It felt like Kent State the way they targeted the students,
I galloped off whistling "Ohio."
The rest of them, stuck doing stand up at a cricket convention.
What would they die for? (repeat)
Is it the same machine that leaves the quality of life poor?
An abominable colony of cyborgs?
Clogging up the property that I bought with eyesores?

That clever ad campaign ain't worth
The time taken from minimum wage labor;
I don't care how half-naked or fake she looks,
She smells like dirty cash and aged paper books.
What would she die for?
Slow down Gandhi, you're killin' em
Slow down Gandhi, you're killin' em.

Now it's whistle blower vs. the pistol holder;
Case dismissed, they'll lock you up and throw away the key witness.
Justice is the whim of a judge, check his chest density,
It leaves much room for error, and the rest left to destiny.
The West Memphis 3 lost paradise,
It's death penalty vs. suicidal tendencies.
All I wanted was a fucking Pepsi.
Institution.
Making you think you're crazy is a billion dollar industry.
If they could sell sanity in a bottle
They'd be charging for compressed air,
And marketing healthcare.
They demonize welfare,
Middle class eliminated,
Rich get richer til the poor get educated.

But some of y'all still haven’t grown into your face,
And your face doesn't quite match your head.
And I'm waiting for a brain to fill the dead space that's left,
You're all, "Give me ethnicity or give me dreads."
Trustafundian rebel without a cause for alarm,
Cause when push turns to shove
You jump into your forefathers arms.
He's a banker, you're part of the system,
Off go the dreadlocks in comes the income.
The briefcase (the freebase)
The sickness (the symptom)
When the cameras start rollin' stay the fuck outta the picture pilgrim!
The briefcase (the freebase)
The sickness (the symptoms)
When the cameras start rollin'...
Slow down Gandhi, you're killin' em.

Mr. Save The World, spare us the details,
Save the females from losing interest.
And Miss Save The Universe,
You're a damsel in distress,
Tied down to a track of isolated incidents.
Generalize my disease,
I need a taste of what it's like.
Living off the fat of kings,
I play the scab at your hunger strike.
Slow down Gandhi, you're killin'em.

One love, one life, one too many victims.
Republicrat, Democran, one party system.
Media goes in a frenzy,
They're stripped of their credentials.
Presidential candidates can't debate over this instrumental.
Let 'em freestyle, winner takes all,
When the music’s dead, I'll have Ted Nugent’s head hangin' on my wall.
Kill one of ours, we'll kill one of yours.
With some friendly fire, that’s a funny term, like civil war.

Six in the morning, police at my crib.
Now my nights consist of two toothpicks and eyelids.
The crucifix and vitamins, music that is pirated.
New flavored food made of mutated hybrids.
Uh, they tell me that it's not that bad.
It fucks you up good, but its not that bad.
They hold on to these tales till it's the dog that wags.
God save us all if he lets the cat out the bag.

Who's the one to blame for this strain in my vocal chords?
Who can pen a hateful threat but can't hold a sword?
It's the same who complain about the global war,
But can't overthrow the local joker that they voted for.

They call the shots
(but they're not in the line of fire).
I call the cops
(but they're breakin the line of duty).
Lets call a stop to the abuse of authority.
The truth keeps callin' me, and I'ma live to tell the story.

So look for truth, quit seeking forgiveness.
You need to cut the noose, but you don't believe in scissors.
You support the troops by wearing yellow ribbons?
Just bring home my motherfuckin' brothers and sisters.

Cause they don't call the shots
(but they're in the line of fire).
I'd like to call the cops
(but they're breakin' the line of duty).
It's time to call a stop
(To the abuse of authority).
The truth keeps calling me
And I'ma live to tell the story.


[Meadow superstar
That is what you are
Coming from a farm
Reaching with your arm
Come away with me
To another ranch
We can rely on a tree-branch

[Spine Shank]

Slow Down Ghandi is my favorite...peep the sig. Sage...is a beast.

[Dex Aspen]

http://www.myspace.com/robustchicago

'Chubby Vegan'

...best diss track i've heard in a while.


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